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           Dennis Conatser studied Judo in 1967 for a short period of
           time but his formal martial arts training (American Kenpo)
           began in August 1971, under the direction of Mr. Lonny
           Coots in Tempe, Arizona. He remained with Mr. Coots (start-
           ed his studio in June 1974) until he achieved his 1st Degree
           Black on February 14th, 1976. Mr. Coots then directed Mr.
           Conatser to study with Mr. Gary L. Swan, President of the
           National Chinese Kenpo Karate Association (NCKKA) in San
           Antonio, Texas. After a brief period of time (a little over 1
           year), Mr. Conatser elected to study with Mr. Steve
           LaBounty, then Senior Advisor to the NCKKA and past
           resident and Founder. This relationship lasted only a short
           period of time, at which the opportunity arose to study
           directly with the Founder of American Kenpo and Mr.
           LaBounty's instructor, Mr. Edmund K. Parker in mid 1979.
          Mr. Conatser then began studies and became one of the very
          few Kenpo instructors of the past decade that studied direct-
          ly with Mr. Parker, even staying at his house as a guest. This
          relationship continued until Mr. Parker's untimely passing in
          December 1990. Dennis Conatser

           Mr. Conatser continues to be active in teaching, researching,
           developing, and exploring all aspects of American Kenpo.
           While studying the Art of Kenpo, Mr. Conatser has had vast
           experience in many areas, to name a few: Competition, Pro-
           moting Events,   Teaching, Writing, Traveling all around the
           United States, England, & Australia with Mr. Parker and
           interacting with several other notable Black Belts such as
           Steve LaBounty, Tom Kelly, Frank Trejo, Bob White, Skip
           Hancock, John Sepulveda, Diane Tanaka, Lee Wedlake, Huk
           Planas, Craig McCoy, Joe Palanzo, Jeff Speakman, Larry
           Tatum, Paul Mills, Gary Swan, Ralph Castellanos, Gil Hibben,
           Bryan Hawkins, Bob Liles, Mike Pick, Ron Chapel, Harvey
           Clarey, Tom Riskas, Tom Connor Sr. & Jr., Steve "Nasty"
           Anderson, Ray Sua, Byong Yu, Joe Lewis, Mike Stone, Chuck
           Norris, Bill Wallace, John Natividad, Pat Johnson, Steve
           Sanders, Al Decascos, Eric Lee, Anthony Chan, Cynthia
           Rothrock, James Lew, Y.C.Wong, Paulie Zink, Ark Wong, Ted
           Tabura, Benny Urquidez, Brendan Lai, Wally Jay, Robert Trias,
           Tom Schlessinger, Robert Haliberton, Roy Kurban, George
           Chung, Roberta Trias Kelly and many, many others.
           Mr. Conatser has also trained many International and State
           Champions proving his technique teaching methods are valid
           to anyone that will devote time and effort into learning and
                  practicing the challenging and awesome art of American
           Kenpo.
           Having placed at the prestigious Long Beach Internationals
           several times himself as well as being a 5 time Arizona
           State Champion in Forms, Breaking, and Sparring.   Mr.
           Conatser has produced two of the States finest Karate
           Tournaments: The Arizona State Open Karate Championships
           and the Fiesta Bowl Karate Classic (now Fiesta Karate
           Classic). Mr.Conatser now devotes much of his time to the
           International Kenpo Karate Organization, which he founded in
           1991. Like his teachers he is currently engaged in several
           projects, and is currently writing several books on American
           Kenpo and his experiences. "To keep American Kenpo alive and
           expanding is now my journey and obligation .........
           "He" would have wanted it that way"

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